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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?
(a) "Trembling in fear for his safety."
(b) "A life not worth living."
(c) "No formal education."
(d) "Loses his soul."

2. Why does Douglas think Mr. Hopkins was replaced?
(a) He stole liquor.
(b) He was rude to Colonel Lloyd's children.
(c) He stole money.
(d) He was not severe enough as a master.

3. How many house servants did Colonel Lloyd have?
(a) 5-10.
(b) 20-25.
(c) 8-10.
(d) 10-15.

4. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?
(a) To keep the animals away.
(b) To know if the slaves tried to escape.
(c) To identify any slave that attempted to steal.
(d) To ruin the slaves' only clothes if they try to climb it.

5. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?
(a) Not being loved.
(b) Lack of control.
(c) Feeling helpless.
(d) Loss of his identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the punishment of slaves and the food given out for Lloyd's slaves?

2. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?

3. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?

4. What has stayed in Douglass's memory for the rest of his life, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

5. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Philips say about Douglass and his life of slavery in the second Preface?

2. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?

3. What common practice upsets Douglass, according to his narrative in Chapter 1?

4. Describe in detail what was given to the slaves by the slaveholder as their rations. When did they receive these rations?

5. What did the white children know that black slaves do not, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 1?

6. Why does Garrison's Preface seem somewhat like a religious sermon?

7. Why does Phillips say he does not want to know Douglass's name or place of birth in the second Preface?

8. What was Colonel Lloyd's garden like?

9. What does Douglass mention in particular about the slaves suffering in Chapter 2?

10. Why did Phillips risk his life to be a part of the anti-slavery movement?

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